Spain
JORGE DE PERSIA. LA VANGUARDIA
Specialist and great interpreter in the medieval plucked string, with a delicate art in the variation, heritage of the performer, in five different instruments. A unique opportunitty to approach the original sound of those testimonies that are silently exposed in the museums.
PABLO J. VAYÓN. DIARIO DE SEVILLA
Medieval Music has a important tradition in Seville in the last decades, in which a musician like José Luis Pastor, one of the great specialists in music of this period, have a good responsability.
JUAN ANTONIO HIPÓLITO. DIARIO ODIEL
Pastor, one of the greatest specialists in medieval plucked string instruments, revealed why he is considered a reference in the world of Medieval music and plucked string. Serious, dynamic and exquisite interpretative work. He connected brilliantly with the audience that gave himself to the exquisite sound of the instruments.
ÁNGEL VILLAGRASA PÉREZ. REVISTA MELÓMANO
Interesting record from José Luis Pastor for Lindoro label. The interpreter demonstrates a good technical mastery of the musical instruments used. Good musicality.
united kingdom
MARTIN SHEPHERD. LUTE NEWS. LUTE SOCIETY OF ENGLAND
This recording by José Luis Pastor is a welcome attempt to bridge some of that immense gap in our knowledge José Luis Pastor has succeeded magnificently in maintaining interest and variety, and his virtuosity on a range of instruments, each with their own character and tuning, is astonishing.
japan
KAYOKO KATOH. SOCIEDAD JAPONESA DEL LAÚD
José Luis Pastor has taken up this challenge with a wide variety of sonorites and all with great virtuosity. From single line runs to strumming with a melody on top, and even a two-part compositon, it all sounds clear.
argentina
LAURA PACHECO Y PABLO PEDRAZA FARIÑA
Studious and pioneer in Medieval plucked string instruments, Pastor in a great performer who combines musicality, expressiveness and virtuosy with a touching sensibility.
ALEMANIA
Marc Lewon
(schola Cantorum Basilensis)
Hispánica Lira. Sociedad de la Vihuela.
Recomiendo vivamente esta grabación, en la que José Luis Pastor consigue un enfoque novedoso y diferente de la interpretación, sin apartarse de su raíz histórica, con una forma muy personal de reconstruir técnicas de ejecución en sus instrumentos, una práctica que él ha construido desde la base y que concuerda con la visión del pionero de la música medieval Thomas Binkley. La propuesta nos ofrece un caleidoscopio de posibilidades que enriquecen el mundo de la práctica interpretativa de los antiguos instrumentos de plectro, ofreciendo un hermoso contraste con la técnica mixta dedo-plectro que desarrolló Crawford Young para polifonía con el laúd de plectro del siglo XV.